Two more political workers killed in Tamil Nadu

Two political workers from Tamil Nadu have been murdered in less than 24 hours - one of them in neighbouring Puducherry. Selvakumar, a BJP worker from Sivaganga district was found murdered. In neighbouring Puducherry, Padmanabhan, AIADMK's ward secretary from Cuddalore district, was killed. Selvakumar was president of the party's district cooperative wing, and an accused in a murder case. Investigators have said the murder had its roots in personal enmity. Padmanabhan was first hit by a car while he was returning on a motorbike. Then he was hacked to death. Investigators from Puducherry have rushed to Cuddalore. Police sources suspect this to be a revenge killing. This is the third murder of a political functionary this month in Tamil Nadu. A few weeks ago, Armstrong, the state chief of Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, was hacked to death by a six-member gang.